Cinema Under the Stars: The Luang Prabang Film Festival
Every December, the UNESCO World Heritage town of Luang Prabang transforms. The humidity of the wet season has faded, replaced by the crisp, cool air of the Lao winter. But the real magic happens at what is now knows as the Blue Chair Film Festival. A massive screen is hoisted, and hundreds of blue plastic […]
Laotian film features on Netflix
“Laotian cinema does not really exist.” In the mid-’90s, when Som Ock Southiponh wrote this, he was the only Laotian director not working for the government. Only 12 Lao films had ever been made. Only three were still around. In the 30 years since, little has changed for Laos. When Mattie Do, who was born […]